Jennifer Tuckett is a Course Leader for Drama at Centre London and Central Saint Martin’s new MA in Dramatic Writing. In this article, she describes how universities should collaborate more closely with the arts industries to give students the confidence to become part of the industry. The creative arts are in crisis in the UK.…
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In his article “Boredom is good for your creativity: Studies”, Tarun Mittal explains how technology means that we have less time than ever to get bored, but boredom can actually give rise to creative thinking. We need to allow ourselves time to be bored in order to enhance our creative thinking – and break the habit…
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What makes us human? It’s a gargantuan question and one that Kanya King, Founder of the MOBO Awards, starts to tackle in this thought-provoking podcast with Jeremy Vine. Listen now on BBC Radio 2.
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This great article by Lamisha Serf-Walls discusses 5 Reasons Imagination Is More Important Than Reality. Originally posted on Huffington Post, she argues that our dreams are made of imagination, and for dreams to become reality, we have to imagine them. Is it important to be in the here and now? Or is it more worthwhile…
Read More"If I were a Good Fairy at Sleeping Beauty's christening I'd bestow on her a vivid imagination. I think it's so important to nurture every child's imagination. It increases their empathy and emotional understanding, is vital for their creativity and staves off boredom!"Dame Jaqueline Wilson
We found this extract from Professor Stephen Asma’s latest book, The Evolution of Imagination, absolutely fascinating. Did you know that our imaginative life today has access to the pre-linguistic, ancestral mind? This essay was originally enjoyed on Aeon. Imagination is intrinsic to our inner lives. You could even say that it makes up a ‘second…
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Here’s an article that gave us food for thought, found from the fantastic Science Alert and written by Dom Galeon. As Dom explains, “just when it seems that everyone with the ability to create video games has tried it out, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have introduced a totally new, first of its kind developer.”…
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